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PATBNTED JAN. s, 1907. LH. 003.51.14., BRIQUET MACHINE.

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i JAMEs H. CURELL', oF New YORK, N. Y.

BRIQUET-MACHINE.

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES H. CURELL, ya citizen of the United States, and a resident of NewYork, in the county of New York and State kof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Briquet- Machines, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to a machine for mak-` ing briquet or fuel` blocks composed of culm or dust-coal, peat, or any other similar material of a fuel nature. y

The object of my invention is to produce a machineof this class which will form briquet or fuel blocks by means of compound pressure. I

Another object is to produce a briquet-machine which is simple in construction, easily operated, and adapted to manufacture or com ress briquets morerapidly than other Eines of a similar character.

Heretofore briquets have been pressed by a single pressure by means of a single plunger operating in a pocketor hollow holder and onlyuponthe upper side of the briquet.v

Experience has proven that such a compres-` sion is insuiflcient, for thereason that it presses but one end of the briquet, while the other or lower `end or surface lying -in the pocket simply resists the pressure of the plunger vdirected upon the upper side. must be compressed equally between two plungers, and the purpose of my invention is toovercome the aboveA defect and to make a machine which will give each briquet a compound-pressure. 4

' Referring to the drawings, Fi re 1 is a side elevation of my machine. ig. 2 is a longitudinal view on line X X, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of arrow. Fig. 3 is a cross-section 'on line Y Y, Fig. 2, looking in the direction of arrow. Fig. 4 is another cross-section on line ZZ", Fig. 2, looking in the direction of arrow. Fig. 5 is another cross-section on line 50, Fig. 2, looking inthe direction of arrow. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detached'sectional view of the 4automatic device for operating' and closing the mouth of thereceiver. Fig. 7 is a detached view of part' of the plungers and the compressionpocket frame and sliding-pocket frame in section to show how a briquet is pressed by conipound pressure. Fig. 8 is' a similar view to Fig. 7, showing how the material is deposited into thecompression-pocket and the position f of the plungers when this is done.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 2, 1905. Serial No. 281.002.

Briquets which arey placed above the Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

` Letters A A represent the side frames ofv the machine, which may be of anyshape' and' made of any suitable material. These side frames are bolted upon a bed-plate B at a'cer 6o tain distance apart, which is determined by the size and capacity of the machine.`

The side frames su port the driving-shaft C, which revolves in lgearings secured on the said frames. keyed `onto it, just outside the frames, the" large gear-wheel D, which meshes into the pinion or smaller gear-wheel Eon the shaft F, having journaled bearings on the to Of the frames. This shaft F has also keye on 7o it the driving-pulley G, connected by beltr g to any suitable power, mechanism, or motor. .Inside the frames is placed aseries of gear- I wheels H, I, J, K, L, and M, all of the same diameter and pitch. Gearwheel H is keyed on the driving-shaft C, gear-wheels LJ, and K are keyed on independent shafts t, j', and 7c, but so laced as to mesh into the.gear, wheel H, om which they obtain their motion. Gear-wheel L iskeyed on an independent shaft supported on the op osite side of the machine, (see Fig. 3,) w 'ch position` made it necessary to key on driving-shaft C another gear-wheel M to transmit powerfrom said, shaft to said wheel (See Fig. 31)'785 The object of these gear-wheels will be fully explained hereinafter. Letters O O2 represent four platesmadeof metal and adapted to slide backward and for-v ward on or upongrooved rollers o, ytwo of 9o lates and twoi below them. (See Figf2.) T ese rollers are journaled in the frames in any suitabley manner. The plates O O2 are operatedby the. crank-rods P P2. Pis connectedby wrist- 21 to gear-wheel J and vj ournaled to the sliding plate O and 'P2 by a wrist-pin 22to thegearwheel I' and also j ournaled to the sliding plate O2. .(See Fig.\2.) Each of thesefplates has an" inclined opening O4 cut throughit, in which roo move on rollers or wheelsr the lunger-beams R R2, which are each attached) placed between the plates O-OZ. and the frame 4andalso sliding in a V-shaped groove, (See'- Figs. 2, 4, and 5.),` l, It will be observed that when the plates move backward 'and forward they will cause the beams R R2 and the slides Rf, also the plungers S S2, attached to said V l t ea 1`fn,s to move up and down, and by adjusting fthe rio wrist-pins on the wheelsl and i J tl 1 l? F2 can be so regulated or set asy to give to One end of this'sh'aft Chas 65 to/a slide R4,

each set of plungers an eXact movement to and from the other set.

Alongside the machine is placed the bucket elevator T, of ordinary construction and suitably driven. The hood ot this elevator has an inlet-spout t and an outlet s out or chuteT4, emptying into the receivingopper U, placed inside the machine between the two plates O' O2. (See Figs. 2 and 5.) With-.in the receiver .U is placed the worin- Wheel V., suitably jenrnaled and revolved by a belt outside the machine. The door of the receiver is provided with .a vseries of .openings u., corres ending with the number of plnnaers the machine will require. These openings a are automatically opened and .closed by the slide .2, (sec Fig. 6,) which .is suspended by arms e from a .shaft This slide has two lu s 5 .and t, which engage with lug .7 on the sl.ing=pocket trarne W. As the sliding-f pocket trarne W moves backward to be charged it comes in contact withlug 5 0n slide 2 and opens valve ,2 to be recharged. It then passes under lugs 5., .and on .the return motion of the sli-.de its. lug .7 cernes in contact with 'lng d .on val-ve 2 .and closes it and .then passes under it as it moves onward to iill the pockets .in the ccrnpressionfpccket bearn 14. sliding=pocketfrarne W is operated by the crank-rod 8., connected by awrst=pn 23 on the geanwheel L and jcnrnaled to slide-plate U, which slides upon the guide=plate 9, that is intended `to close the ockets 10 of the slide when they are being iiljed from the receiver, and ,also during its travel torward to the com.- pression-pockets 12, cut in the cross bar or beam 14,' extending across and suitably supe ported on the trames, 4

- 15 is the .shovingwii bar, .suitably snp mrted and connected to the gear-wheel Iy by a wristfpin 2 4 and a crank-lrod 16 and suitabli jonrnaled to the shoving-ofi bar. The cbjf'ec't oi' this bar will bia-.explained in the operation of the machine, which is as folVT lows; The material out .of which the briquets .are formed is shcveled into the elevator through the inlet-spout T, where it is instantlyca'rried up by the buckets and emptied into the outletfchute T4 and thence into the receiving-hopper U, where it is manipulated by the revolving worm-wheel V, placed therein. As the large gearewheel D revolves it will give mot-ion to the series of gcanwheels H, I., J, K, L, and M, moving thereby the several parts of the machine connected`r to said gear=wheels wheelLbrings the sliding plate W so that the pockets 10 thereof ywill be opposite the open-v s u (see Fig- 6) of the receiver the materil will fall ,into said pockets., and when they are iilled the'wheel L as it continues to re: volve will move them forward until they are directly over the pockets 12 of the compres? sion=pcliet beams 1.4. (See Fig. 8.) Be,- fore this takes place the top set of plungers S Now when have been moved upward by theplates O pression-pockets 12 in order to close the lat..

ter, .so as to catch the material deposited 'therein bythe slidingfpocket frame W. The

sliding-pocket frame is then instantly re.- tnrncd into position under the receiving-hop.- per to have the pockets refilled, as before der scribed. The two sets .of plungcrs are now forcibly brought together (see Fig. 7) within the compressionfpockets 12 by the gearwheels I J thereby giving to each briquet therein a compound pressure-an .e ual press sure-below and above not attained efore by similar machines. When the pressu re has been completed, the bottom set ot plungers are dropped down below the compression-pook? ets 12, the top set descending far enough to allow the shoving-plate 15 to shove oi thc compressed briquets upon the carryingyapron or belt-18, where they are carried' oil and away from the machine.

To steady the upper ends of the lower plu ngers, I pass them through the guide-beams 19. (See Fig. 2.)

The exact or precise movements of all the parts are dependent solely upon the series of gear-.wheels and also the manner the crankpins and connecting-rod of' each part are attached to said wheels.

I amaware that the plungers can be operated by compressed air or hydraulic pressure without departing from the principle of my invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a briquet-machine, the combination of the gear-wheels I J the sliding plates O O2, the friction-wheels o o, the pitmen I)2 attached at one end by wrist-pins to gear wheels I J, the other ends journaled to the aforesaid sliding plates, the vertical sliding plates R4 to which the cross-beams are at tached and the plungers attached t0 the crossfbeams, and means oi operation substan tially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a briquet-machine, the combination of the sliding plates O O2, the inclined slots 0, the vertical sliding plates It, to which the top and bottom cross-.beams are attached, the friction-wheels r, journaled to vertical IOS IIO

slides R4, and means of operation' substan i other ends journaled to the aforesaid sliding plates, and means of operation substantially as and for the purpos'e set forth.

4. In a briquet-machine the combination of the sliding-pocket frame W, having a lug 7 attached to it, a pitman 8 attached at one end by a Wrist-pin to gear-Wheel. L, the other end being journaled to the aforesaid frame, and means of operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a briquet-machine the combination of the hopper U, the Valve-slide 2, the lugs 5 and 6 on said valve-Slide 2, the arm 4, the Worm-Wheel V, placed in the hopper and means of operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth..

.v In a briquet-machine the automatic combination of the gear-Wheels I, J, L, and

- K, the Wrist-pins, 21, 22, 23 and 24, the pitmen P P2, S and 16, the sliding plates O O2 and the inclined slots O4, the friction-Wheels o, the vertical sliding plates R4, having crossbeams and plungers attached to them, the friction-Wheels r firmly attached to the sliding plates R4, the feed-slide W, the shovingplate 15, the pocketed compression-beam attached to the frame, the carrying-belt 18 and means of operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth. A

7. In a briquet-machine, the combination of the gear-Wheels I, J, L, K, and M, the driving-Wheel D, pinion E and band-Wheel G and means of operation substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

Signed at Newv York, 'in the county of New York and State of New York, this 28th day of September, A. D. 1905.

JAMES H. CURELL.

Witnesses z A. BROTHERHOOD, C. BARRETT. 

